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- verb Simple past of
outbreak .
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Examples
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Suddenly the room was startled by the ring of a voice from the garden, a voice that outbroke sweet and strong, that snatched the measure from
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various
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And o'er his bones and limbs a clammy sweat outbroke.
The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor 70 BC-19 BC Virgil 1902
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The river's cadenced roar paused beyond the bend and outbroke again.
The Desert and the Sown Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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Three years had scarcely passed since His baptism when the gathering storm outbroke, and the human body of Jesus paid the penalty for enshrining the glorious Presence of a Teacher more than man.
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Annie Wood Besant 1890
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The fury of the great lord outbroke in one sudden curse like a blast from a horn.
Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886
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"Ledge by ledge outbroke new marvels, now minute, and now immense:
The Great Amulet Maud Diver 1906
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